Additional Sponsors

Hill Station • J&M Foods • Lambrecht Gourmet • Nexus Coffee & Creative • Trio’s • Wicked Snack Mix • Yellow Rocket Concepts • Rock Town Distillery • The Root Café

Festival Staff & Volunteers

Festival Coordinator: Brad Mooy

A group of dedicated staff and volunteers assists Festival Coordinator Brad Mooy with planning the Festival.

Book Sales: WordsWorth Books
Zoom Squad Commander: Nathan Smith
Marketing: Tameka Lee
Webmaster: Scott Kirkhuff
Fest Program Graphic Designer: Kara Darling
Little Readers Rock chair: Shelley Lewis, Apryl Jackson
Moderator chair: Amy Bradley-Hole
WITS chair: Jennifer White
Festival Art: Phillip Rex Huddleston
Volunteer Coordinator & Swag: Polly Deems
Feature Stories: Kelli Marks
Social Media: Stewart Fuell
Proofreader: Ali Welky
Special Assistance: Madelyn Ganos

Talent Committee
Eliza Borné, Kevin Brockmeier, Tom DeBlack, Garbo Hearne, Phillip Rex Huddleston, Michelle Bailey Keahey, Frederick McKindra, Stephanie Maxwell Newton, Sophia Said, Susan Santa Cruz, Vaughn Scribner, Latina Sheard, Mary Gay Shipley, Dorian Stuber

Moderators & Introducers
Ana Aguayo, A. Cedric Armstrong, Laura Barrio-Vilar, Eliza Borné, Marci Bynum, Matthew Castellano, Jeff Condran, Tom DeBlack, Diana Donahue, Marcia Dunbar, Jen Fawkes, Anne Fuller, Xochitl Gonzalez, Jerusalem Greer, Rosemary Hallmark, Garbo Hearne, Michael Hibblen, Chelsea Hudspeth, Felicia Hobbs, Phillip Rex Huddleston, Jajuan Johnson, Hurmat Kazmi, Michelle Bailey Keahey, Arshia Khan, Charles Kokes, Miguel Lopez, Jessica McDaniel, Frederick McKindra, Rhonda McKinnis, Susan Petty Moneyhon, Mike Mueller, Stephanie Maxwell Newton, Patrick Oliver, Mike Poe, Sophia Said, Susan Santa Cruz, Vaughn Scribner, Latina Sheard, Steve Straessle, Kelly Strother, Dorian Stuber, Ragan Sutterfield, Stephanie Wade, Jamie Watson, John Corey Whaley, Adena White, Neal Wyatt

Zoom Squad
Katelyn Adams, Tonia Bull, Aaron Campbell, Karmen Cooper, Jennifer Cordell, Lauren E. Dixon, Stephan A. Fields, Stewart Fuell, Karen Guthrie, Natasha Haley, Caleb Holcomb, Mark Hotchkiss, Joseph Hudak, Jasmine Jobe, John Lenehan, Riley Lucas, Candace Owens, Felicia Richardson, Megan Saville, Sarah Sewell, Stephanie Shire, André Thornton, Justin Vess, Matthew Wilson, Heather Zbinden

Central Arkansas Library System
Katherine Blake, Shekia Carlock, Mark Christ, Carol Coffey, Joey Cole, Nate Coulter, Jamie Diaz, Lisa Donovan, Linda Ellis, Brandin Gibbons, Abby Kerby, Lance Ivy, Chris Ketterman, Elizabeth Newbern, Mary Osteen, Jo Spencer, Shya Washington

Additional Presenters
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Abby Kerby, Patrice O’Donoghue, Craig O’Neill, Junior League of Little Rock

Special Thanks
Gilbert Alaquinez, Jama Best, Phyllis Britton, Kevin Brockmeier, Amanda Copley, Jan Emberton, Stephanie Ferguson, Stacy Hurst, Betsy Johnson, Chris King, Lia Lent, Rhonda McKinnis, Gary Miller, Brad Minnick, Lynne Phillips, Laurie Pierce, Tony Poe, Nathan Vandiver, Mary Remmel Wohlleb, Ginger Young, Heather Zbinden

Six Bridges Presents and Speaker Series programs since 2020 Fest
Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds, moderator Christina Baker Kline; Shugri Said Salh, The Last Nomad, moderator Lena Moore; Sarah Everts, The Joy of Sweat, moderator Sara Shalin; Eric Cervini, The Deviant’s War, moderator Benji de la Piedra; Gilbert Alaquinez, Anthony Bozza, and Tony Poe, The Intrepid Bourdain!, moderator Amy Bradley-Hole; RoxaneGay, Roxane with one ‘N’; Kevin Brockmeier, The Ghost Variations, moderator Susan Petty Moneyhon; Nell Irvin Painter, Creating Black Americans, moderator Jessica McDaniel; C.M. Waggoner, The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry, moderator Danielle Butler; Edward Ball, Life of a Klansman, moderator Tom DeBlack; David Treuer, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, moderator Erin Fehr